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emigration

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outmigration

Antonyms: inmigration, immigration

Broader terms: migration

2

noun

Meaning 2

A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the Irish emigration

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: out-migration, expatriation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: migration

History

Etymology

From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).

Across languages

Translations

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: emigrasie — act of emigrating
  • Albanian: emigrim — act of emigrating
  • Albanian: emigracion — act of emigrating
  • Arabic: هِجْرَة (hijra) — act of emigrating
  • Arabic: نُزُوح (nuzūḥ) — act of emigrating
  • Armenian: արտագաղթ (artagaġtʻ) — act of emigrating
  • Asturian: emigración — act of emigrating
  • Azerbaijani: köçmə — act of emigrating
  • Azerbaijani: mühacirət — act of emigrating
  • Bashkir: эмиграция (emigratsiya) — act of emigrating
  • Basque: emigrazio — act of emigrating
  • Belarusian: эмігра́цыя (emihrácyja) — act of emigrating
  • Bengali: হিজরত (hijrot) — act of emigrating
  • Bulgarian: емигра́ция (emigrácija) — act of emigrating
  • Bulgarian: изсе́лване (izsélvane) — act of emigrating
  • Catalan: emigració — act of emigrating
  • Chinese Cantonese: 移民 (ji4 man4) — act of emigrating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移民 (yímín) — act of emigrating
  • Czech: emigrace — act of emigrating
  • Czech: vystěhovalectví — act of emigrating
  • Danish: udvandring — act of emigrating
  • Danish: emigration — act of emigrating
  • Dutch: uitwijking — act of emigrating
  • Dutch: emigratie — act of emigrating
  • Esperanto: elmigrado — act of emigrating
  • Estonian: emigratsioon — act of emigrating
  • Finnish: maastamuutto — act of emigrating
  • French: émigration — act of emigrating
  • Galician: emigración — act of emigrating
  • Georgian: ემიგრაცია (emigracia) — act of emigrating
  • Georgian: გადასახლება (gadasaxleba) — act of emigrating
  • German: Auswanderung — act of emigrating
  • German: Emigration — act of emigrating
  • Greek: αποδημία (apodimía) — act of emigrating
  • Greek: αποδήμηση (apodímisi) — act of emigrating
  • Hebrew: הֲגִירָה (hagirá) — act of emigrating
  • Hindi: उत्प्रवास (utpravās) — act of emigrating
  • Hungarian: kivándorlás — act of emigrating
  • Hungarian: emigráció — act of emigrating
  • Icelandic: brottflutningur — act of emigrating
  • Indonesian: emigrasi — act of emigrating
  • Indonesian: perantauan — act of emigrating
  • Irish: imirce — act of emigrating
  • Italian: emigrazione — act of emigrating
  • Japanese: 移民 (imin) — act of emigrating
  • Japanese: エミグレーション (emigurēshon) — act of emigrating
  • Japanese: 移住 (ijū) — act of emigrating
  • Kazakh: эмиграция (émigrasiä) — act of emigrating
  • Korean: 이민 (imin) — act of emigrating
  • Korean: 이주 (iju) — act of emigrating
  • Kyrgyz: эмиграция (emigratsiya) — act of emigrating
  • Latin: trānsmigrātiō — act of emigrating
  • Latvian: emigrācija — act of emigrating
  • Lithuanian: emigracija — act of emigrating
  • Macedonian: иселување (iseluvanje) — act of emigrating
  • Macedonian: емиграција (emigracija) — act of emigrating
  • Malay: emigrasi — act of emigrating
  • Malay: penghijrahan — act of emigrating
  • Maltese: emigrazzjoni — act of emigrating
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utvandring — act of emigrating
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utvandring — act of emigrating
  • Pashto: کډوالي (kaḍwālí) — act of emigrating
  • Pashto: مهاجرت (mohājerát) — act of emigrating
  • Iranian Persian: بُرونکوچی (borun-kuči) — act of emigrating
  • Iranian Persian: مُهاجَرَت (mohâjarat) — act of emigrating
  • Iranian Persian: مُهاجِرَت (mohâjerat) — act of emigrating
  • Polish: emigracja — act of emigrating
  • Portuguese: emigração — act of emigrating
  • Romanian: emigrare — act of emigrating
  • Russian: эмигра́ция (emigrácija) — act of emigrating
  • Scottish Gaelic: às-imrich — act of emigrating
  • Scottish Gaelic: eilthireachd — act of emigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: исеље́ње — act of emigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: емигра́ција — act of emigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: исељени́штво — act of emigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: iseljénje — act of emigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: emigrácija — act of emigrating
  • Serbo-Croatian: iseljeníštvo — act of emigrating
  • Slovak: emigrácia — act of emigrating
  • Slovak: vysťahovalectvo — act of emigrating
  • Slovene: izseljevanje — act of emigrating
  • Slovene: emigracija — act of emigrating
  • Spanish: emigración — act of emigrating
  • Swedish: emigration — act of emigrating
  • Swedish: utvandring — act of emigrating
  • Tagalog: luwasbayan — act of emigrating
  • Tajik: муҳоҷират (muhojirat) — act of emigrating
  • Tajik: ҷалои ватан (jalo-yi vatan) — act of emigrating
  • Thai: การอพยพ (gaan-òp-pá-yóp) — act of emigrating
  • Turkish: göçme — act of emigrating
  • Turkmen: emigrasiýa — act of emigrating
  • Ukrainian: емігра́ція (emihrácija) — act of emigrating
  • Urdu: ہِجْرَت (hijrat) — act of emigrating
  • Uzbek: emigratsiya — act of emigrating
  • Vietnamese: di dân — act of emigrating
  • Welsh: ymfudiad — act of emigrating
  • Yiddish: עמיגראַציע (emigratsye) — act of emigrating
  • Asturian: emigración — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Belarusian: эмігра́цыя (emihrácyja) — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Bengali: মুহাজিরগণ (muhajirgon) — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Dutch: uitwijking — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Dutch: emigratie — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Finnish: maastamuuttajat — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Galician: emigración — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • German: Auswanderung — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Hindi: उत्प्रवासी (utpravāsī) — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Irish: imirce — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Italian: emigrazione — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Latvian: emigrācija — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Macedonian: иселеништво (iseleništvo) — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Polish: emigracja — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Romanian: emigrație — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Romanian: emigrare — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Serbo-Croatian: исељени́штво — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Serbo-Croatian: iseljeníštvo — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Swedish: emigranter — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Swedish: utvandrare — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
  • Ukrainian: емігра́ція (emihrácija) — body of emigrants; emigrants collectively
Real reading context

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